CFA: M.A. Programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (UPenn and EUSP)

Deadline: March 22, 2021 (Dual M.A. Program) and April 30, 2021 (EUSP M.A. Programs)

UPenn-EUSP Dual M.A. in REES

The University of Pennsylvania and the European University at St. Petersburg have opened admissions for a dual-degree M.A. program in Russian and East European Studies, which will welcome its first cohort of students this coming fall. Students spend one year at Penn, followed by a summer and a year at EUSP, engage in archival or field research leading to a thesis, and undertake intensive language study. In distinction from many area studies programs, in our program each student will pursue a specified academic discipline of concentration represented among our faculty (anthropology, art history, demography, film studies, history, international business studies, international relations, Jewish studies, literary and cultural history, medieval studies, political science, sociology, etc.). At the program’s conclusion, students receive coordinated M.A. degrees from both Penn and EUSP. Graduates of the program will be well prepared to pursue either further study at the Ph.D. level or to go on to careers in government service, think tanks and business in the United States, their home countries or internationally.

Applications for this program are due on March 22. Note as well that fellowships will be available for a number of applicants on a competitive basis, thanks to a generous gift from Polymetal International, Plc. A seed grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York made the launch of this program at Penn possible.

Students can learn more about the Penn-EUSP Dual-Degree M.A. in REES at our websites: https://rees.sas.upenn.edu/graduate/university-pennsylvania-european-university-st-petersburg-dual-ma-program-russian-and-east and https://eupenn.eusp.org/. Any questions that arise can be directed to Kevin M. F. Platt  (kmfplatt@sas.upenn.edu) and counterpart, Dr. Gevorg Avetikyan at EUSP (avetikyan@eu.spb.ru). (Please include both in any correspondence).

IMARES and ENERPO M.A. Programs

EUSP also offers two standalone international MA programs, designed especially for non-Russian students: Russian and Eurasian Studies (IMARES) and Energy Politics in Eurasia (ENERPO). More detailed information is available here: http://int.eusp.org/ This year, these programs have continued in remote online format, as a result of the ongoing health crisis. Yet we hope and anticipate that international travel will become easier and we will return to in-person teaching in the coming academic year, as vaccination progresses and the pandemic eases. Applications are due by April 30 for these programs.

A limited number of full fellowships, with living stipend, will be available for highly qualified American students who wish to study in EUSP’s programs in St. Petersburg next year. In order to apply for a fellowship, in addition to applying to EUSP, students should contact William G. Rosenberg at wgr@umich.edu. Decisions will be made relatively quickly on a rolling basis. In the event the pandemic will make study in St. Petersburg impossible in the fall, it will also be possible to study online with fellowship support, or to defer these fellowships grants.